earth

ɜrθ

The planet third from the sun; the ground; soil; the world of human habitation.

eorþe
"ground, soil, earth", in Old English (Germanic), Medieval Period, Britain
*ertho
"earth, soil", in Germanic (Indo-European), Classical Period, Northern Europe

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled

Matthew 5:18, KJV

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven

Matthew 16:19, KJV

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:35-36, KJV

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory

Matthew 24:30, KJV

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Matthew 24:35, KJV

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Luke 10:21, KJV

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Luke 11:31, KJV

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Luke 12:49-52, KJV

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Luke 16:17, KJV

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all

John 3:31, KJV

And we have seen, that things singly are good, and together very good, in Your Word, in Your Only-Begotten, both heaven and earth, the Head and the body of the Church, in Your predestination before all times, without morning and evening.

Augustine, Confessions

Behold, the heavens and the earth are; they proclaim that they were created; for they change and vary.

Augustine, Confessions

For times are made by the alterations of things, while the figures, the matter whereof is the invisible earth aforesaid, are varied and turned.

Augustine, Confessions

Let him that is able, hear You inwardly discoursing out of Your oracle: I will boldly cry out, How wonderful are Your works, O Lord, in Wisdom have You made them all; and this Wisdom is the Beginning, and in that Beginning did You make heaven and earth.

Augustine, Confessions

Nor was it above my soul, as oil is above water, nor yet as heaven above earth: but above to my soul, because It made me; and I below It, because I was made by It. He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows eternity. Love knows it. O Truth Who are Eternal! and Love Who are Truth! and Eternity Who are Love!

Augustine, Confessions

the God that made heaven and earth, and fills them, because by filling them He created them?

Augustine, Confessions

You created heaven and earth; things of two sorts; one near You, the other near to nothing;

Augustine, Confessions

I swear by thy soul that save the sight of thy countenance, All, tho 'twere the kingdom of the earth, is fantasy and fable

Rumi

Thou wilt be as the bezel in the ring of lovers If thou art the bezel's thrall, O master. Even as this earth to the sky is thrall, Even as the body to the spirit is thrall!

Rumi

Wheresoever thou wanderest in space, thy Zenith and Nadir Unto the heavens knit thee, unto the axis of earth. Howsoever thou attest, let heaven be moved by thy purpose, Let the aim of thy deeds traverse the axis of earth!

Schiller, Zenith and Nadir

Enough; hie thyself. Thy time hath passed. The earth is refreshed, and the storm hath fled

Pushkin, The Cloud

Behold, when the dew lies low upon the earth, the sun doth raise it to the skies.

Saadi, Bustan

In the Day of Judgment, when the good will attain to the highest dignity and mount from the bottommost depths of the earth to the Pleiades, thy head will hang forward in shame, for thy deeds will gather around thee.

Saadi, Bustan

When earthly love produces such confusion and such obedience demands, dost thou wonder if travellers of the road of God remain engulfed in the Ocean of Reality?

Saadi, Bustan

"Cleanse me of ignorance by thy instruction?" He replied: "O fakir, or theologician! go and bear things patiently like the earth; or whatever thou hast read let it all be buried under the earth."

Saadi, Gulistan

The man of wisdom maketh choice of humility; The bough laden with fruit rests upon the earth.

Saadi, Scroll of Wisdom

And the premised flames of the last day Knit earth and heaven together!

Shakespeare, Henry VI Part 2, Act 5, Scene 2

Each day still better other's happiness; Until the heavens, envying earth's good hap, Add an immortal title to your crown!

Shakespeare, Richard II, Act 1, Scene 1

Comfort's in heaven; and we are on the earth,

Shakespeare, Richard II, Act 2, Scene 2

The earth, that's nature's mother, is her tomb.

Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3

O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound And crown what I profess with kind event If I speak true!

Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 1

He that will all the treasure know o' th' earth Must know the centre too;

Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Act 1, Scene 1

Strong base and building of my love Is as the very entire of the earth, Drawing all things to it

Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 4, Scene 2

Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Shakespeare, Sonnet 29

Historical

erthe /erthe/

Middle English Period, Britain

eorþe /eorþe/

Old English Period, Britain